All the arguments for and against him hinge therefore on the evidence of Pompilia's guilt or innocence as established by the previous enquiry; and as we have seen, the formal result of this enquiry was unfavourable to her.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
Add to these that not a window-sash fitted within half or three-quarters of an inch, that not a door was truly hung, that, wherever I wanted to make good a hinge or fastening, the woodwork was soft as a mushroom with old screwholes, and that I should have ruined a whole shopful of tools had I even attempted to level our splintery old floor, and you will see why I rejoiced to think that our tenancy might not be a very long one.
"The Debit Account"
Oliver Onions
"Why," she demanded passionately, "should everything in the house hinge round his career?
"Helena Brett's Career"
Desmond Coke